In Re Marshall’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 12101 (§ 2 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12131 (§ 201 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) · 42 U.S.C. § 12132 (§ 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)
Relies on Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation · Institut Pasteur v. Cambridge Biotech Corp. · Matter of Addams · Robert E. Maddox, III v. University of Tennessee University of Tennessee Board of Trustees Doug A. Dickey · In Re Reback
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]o permit mitigation on grounds of illegal drug use effectively would reward the attorney for illegal conduct occurring after he assumes his professional responsibilities. Such a result would adversely affect the perception of the Bar. Simply stated, people go to jail for conduct that Respondent offers as a mitigating factor. An informed public would find it intolerable that such a lawyer be granted special grace.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]o apply a mitigation principle previously used only in connection with lawful conduct to a situation involving criminal behavior distorts that principle beyond recognition,” and we held that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Zakroff“warrants not only disbarment but also disgrace, shame, and obloguy”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Goodman
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.